The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-31

year. but at the present time the estates
are scarcely remunerative Immediately
connected with Violation Hail are seven
thousand acres, and the private park
embraces seven hundred and fifty acres A brick
wall seven feet high and trihe over seven
miles in circumference encloses the hall and
park. There is drive between noble oaks and
lines more than q mile in length in approaching
the hall. whose quadrilateral towers give most
commanding view of the Trent valley The two
facades OF the hall most deliberately carved
and decorated in the Elizabethan style, and alto.
gether the hall and grounds form one among
the best specimens OF the great residences CT the
English nobility. Deer abound in the park and
in the shooting season 1000 head of game has
been killed In single day by my lord and his
companions. The interior OF the ball is rich
with antique furniture and laces and
armorT, and there pictures by Tim
toretti. Reynolds, and Sir Peter
Lely. Here is this beautiful building. rich
with historic associations. and its magnificent
grove, the boundaries of which the eye cannty
reach, and it is lying idle. Lord Middleton lives
in Yorkshire, and has five similar estates from
which to choose He comes here for about Ave
weeks in the year, during the shooting season.
and that is all. For the remainder of the twelve
months all its magnifcence and it's treasures are
committed to the care Of a retinue of servants.
Is it any wonder that during the Nottingham
riots of 1884, after firing the castle. the chief
representative of hated oligarchy, the mob at
once proceeded to Violation Hall with the inten-
ton of sacking 1t. Fortunately, the rioters were
dispersed at the gates by the Violation troop Of
yoemanry, handling the very arms we saw in the
armory room; but the system that keeps VOLTA
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the masses who shut out from ever seeing
their beauty, must 60 At every tower and in
every niche seemed to see .Delenda est carved
in indellible letters. Besides Lord Middleton's
estate. Nottinghamshre is the seat of the
Duke of ST Adams, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Earl of Nottingham, and it has Newstead
Abbey and number of gentlemen's seats Of
greater or less extent and pretenslon. And thus
it is all over Great Britain. There is land
question even greater than the Irish land oues-
ton, which is loudly knocking at the door Of
the near future for solution. Only yesterday
read a debate in the House of Lords over entail
and primogeniture. Lord Salisbury said that
entail had proved one of the most valuable
Conservative influences in British history. It
may be SO; but Felix Holt, the Radical, is abroad
in the land.
After the morning at Violation, the drive was
extended four or five miles further to Dale ABB
hey, the ruins of which now show only the large
front window. This was the seat of a monk who
lived and labored in tho eighth century. 1t is in
a dell. or dale, surrounded on all sides by we'll
wooded hills. The place was eminently chosen
for retreat. The spirit of quietude still hovers
it, and it requires little stretch of fancy to
hear the intonations Of the old friars as they
walked and worked amidst these deep religious
solitudes. The cave in which the old monk
preached is not far from the church, part Of
which is just as he built it and left it, being
granted permission by the lord of the manor to
exchange the cave for a building. The old
church has been added to, and house builded
into and upon it, so that the exterior is entirely
altered but one-haif of the interior remains just
as it has been for thousand years. Services
are held in the church twice every Sunday, and
a Sunday school is maintained with sixty or sew
enty children OF the neighborhood. The monks
have gone; they rest from their labors but their
works do follow them.
Nottingham is also in the bailiwick Of Robin
Hood. Here the bold robber. with his men in
Lincoln green, ranged at will through Sherwood
forest, part of which still remains. and here
Robin found a retreat in a series of caves which
bear his name. Thirty or forty years ago
robin Hoods caves" were in public grounds,
and were one of the many places of interest re-
since infancy. Now they are in pri-
vate grounds, but the owner, Mr. Andrews
kindly consented to admission, and once more
threaded the dark and tortuous passages in
which tradition says the bold rcbber was won't
TO hide. Near by one of the new streets bears
the name of robin Hoods Chase" to preserve
the interesting history of the locality.
Nottingham has many other features Of
interest. that appeal to other than the
unitarian sense. There is st. Mary's Church.
a venerable cathedral, the site Of which dates
back to the twelfth century. The present struct-
ure goes as far as 1860 There is public house
near the great market-pace that was founded in.
the year $780, and it is dotted all with relics
Of We olden times. 1.-THE Durham Ok" is an inn
that still has its tap-room and its yard it did
IN the days when Sir John took his at like
places, while such names as 1.-The Royal George
THE White Swan s'The Fox and Hounds"
1.-THE Red Lion" shed an ancient flavor the
inns or the hotels Of the present day. Noting
ham is as good place any. possibly. in which
20 see English city life. outside of the metropo-
u.s. and to study its peculiarities and character
stics but until sec more Of England, shall
not attempt to gsneralize upon habits and Gus
IONS. The visit to Newstsad must form the
ext for another letter. H.
Pointers for the knights of Labor.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
If this Nation lasts to fulfill it's true destiny,